How can you do this? It’s just a matter of making mistakes!
"Isn't it inconvenient? It's not heavy. I'll put it in the apple bag later." The woman continued.
"No, no, no, no need." Wang Ke spoke without hesitation, and now he didn't know how to answer her.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you, Squad Leader Wang, you are such a good person." The woman was talking to herself, but she didn't see Wang Ke's face at this time.
"Monitor Wang, you know, it's not easy to support two children. There are many disputes in front of the widow, and it's not a long time for my uncle and I to be together. My uncle..."
"What's wrong with your uncle?" Wang Ke was surprised when he heard this, and immediately turned around and asked.
"My uncle got cancer, which happened in a year or two."
"What, you mean Uncle Geng..." Wang Ke simply jumped off the bicycle, put the bike on his back and asked with his hands on his hips. No wonder Wang Ke looked bad when he saw Uncle Geng today. His face was sallow and he was very thin. It turned out that he had cancer.
"Yes, he has stomach cancer."
"Then why not treat it?" Wang Ke asked, now it's not a matter of whether to help Hu Yanlou, but Uncle Geng's condition.
"How can this disease be cured? Besides, my family doesn't have that kind of money. We can't always use Hu Yanlou's money, right?"
"Wait a minute, you said you were using Hu Yanlou's money, and he sent you money." Wang Ke felt relieved when he heard this. It seems that Hu Yanlou is really serious. He is a very picky person. He rolls a trumpet when he smokes. Will he send money to Uncle Geng?
"Well, I sent three hundred before and after."
three hundred? ! Wang Ke really wanted to get to know Hu Yanlou again. He knew that Hu Yanlou's family was not wealthy. No matter how diligent and frugal he was in the military during the year, he could only save a few dozen yuan. These three hundred yuan must have been borrowed from his comrades.
Thinking of this, Wang Ke took out a neat stack of money from his pocket. This was the last time Wu Xiangyu secretly forced himself on it, and later Ye Xianping gave him some more. After deducting the tuition for Li Xueying, there is probably more than two hundred left. Wang Ke took out a ten-yuan note and used it for the fare, and stuffed the remaining money into the woman's hand.
"Take this money back and give Uncle Geng medical treatment."
"No, Squad Leader Wang, I can't ask for your money."
"Even if I lend it to you, Uncle Geng's illness cannot be delayed. By the way, I'll tell you a place. You take Uncle Geng to Nanshao Village and find my godfather Dong Fangfang. He has a way. After you see him , just say it was introduced by me."
Wang Ke gave the woman the money again, and then he remembered that when he first arrived at the orchard and threw the piece of donkey meat and the bag of milk powder to Uncle Geng, he clearly saw the excitement of the woman in front of him.
"Monitor Wang..." The woman took the money and cried "Wow"
This crying made Wang Ke very uncomfortable. This is an old district, and the overall economy is not yet prosperous. Compared with Nanshao Village, it is more than one step behind.
It was so difficult for Uncle Geng's family, and he understood too well the grievances suffered by the woman in front of him. My husband is gone, I have two children, and the uncle I rely on has cancer again.
Stand there, watch her cry quietly, and let her cry, and you will feel better.
By the way, I still don’t know this woman’s name for more than a year? So, Wang Ke asked: "What's your name?"
"My name is Cuihua." The woman stopped crying, but tears still covered her face.
Cuihua is only one word different from my sister Cuilan. "What year are you born in?"
"I, I was born in late 1957, am I too old?"
"Ah?" Wang Ke really didn't expect that he was the same age as himself, but a month younger, but he had two children. "You got married at sixteen?"
"Well, the family is in trouble, so let's exchange a kiss." Cuihua wiped her tears with her sleeves, and then handed the money back.
"Sister Cuihua, I'm older than you, I'll call you Sister Cuihua from now on. You don't have to give in, I don't spend money on food and clothing in the army. I said, let me lend it to you, okay? Remember, when you go back, you must go to Nanshao Village tomorrow, tomorrow, my godfather is very famous for his skills and has even cured liver cancer patients."
"Well, Squad Leader Wang, I put the money away. By the way, you know what happened at Hu Yanlou's family, right?" Cuihua put the money into the inner pocket and said to Wang Ke. She now regarded Wang Ke as Another life-saving straw.
When Wang Ke heard that it was Hu Yanlou's family matter, he really didn't know.
"He also has a younger sister. The family is in too much trouble, and I want to marry him in exchange!"
"What? His family also wants to change marriages? Isn't he with you..." Wang Ke shouted, "Okay, you are talking nonsense, eating from the bowl and looking at the pot."
Cuihua lowered her head and said calmly: "Yes, Squad Leader Wang, if Hu Yanlou follows me, his sister won't have to change her marriage. The other party is a fool, so his sister can find a good husband."
Wang Ke was stunned for a moment, how could this happen? It turns out that Hu Yanlou blatantly violated discipline and came to chase the little widow. Did he have such difficulties? !
Maybe this is the best solution, saving his sister and liberating Uncle Geng's family.
But what about the discipline of the army? Trying the law yourself is definitely not a smart approach.
"Squad leader Wang, Hu Yanlou told me that what he did was a violation of discipline, so he is planning to apply for demobilization at the end of this year. After demobilization, he will not violate discipline, right?"
At this point, the truth is revealed! Wang Ke's heart trembled.
If you help, you are violating discipline; if you don't help, you are violating conscience.
"Let's go. When we get to the county bus station, hurry back."
After saying that, Wang Ke got on the bicycle again, let Cuihua sit on it, and then pedaled the bicycle hard.
You can break down and cry bitterly at night, but everyone hopes that at dawn, you can withstand the pressure and live well.
Soon, Wang Ke arrived at the long-distance bus station in the county town, and the two said goodbye.
Wang Ke looked at the long-distance bus schedule. There was one at 12:40 noon, but it was not yet 11 o'clock. After buying the ticket, Wang Ke found a seat in the waiting room, put away his shell box, and took off his backpack. Now he had an extra snakeskin bag.
Wang Ke bent down and took out Cuihua's small bundle from the snakeskin bag. It was actually a piece of cloth. Inside it was a pair of self-made cloth-soled shoes and two pairs of insoles.
Wang Ke fell into deep thought. This was a hot potato. When we return to the company, how can we talk to Hu Yanlou? As soon as I took it out, wouldn't it tell him that I also knew about his violation of discipline.
Just pretend you don’t know! So Wang Ke put his backpack back on, picked up the shell box with one hand and the snakeskin bag with the other, and walked out of the waiting room "fully armed".
After coming to the street and asking for directions, Wang Ke went straight to the county post office, sewed the bundle into a package on the spot, filled in the package form, and sent it to Hu Yanlou.
Wang Ke believed that Hu Yanlou knew his own name, but pretending not to know was the greatest help to him.
Wang Ke also thought of a trick. If Hu Yanlou was really demobilized this year, he would be introduced to work in the Dong's Natural Rubber Factory owned by his godfather Dong Pianfang, along with his old squad leaders Huang Zhonghe and Gu Maolin. Although the salary was only a few dozen yuan, There is no problem in raising a family.
After finishing these things, I felt my pockets and found that I didn't have a few dollars left. I walked to the nearby grocery store, bought some window paper for the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun, stuffed it into the shell box, and then slowly walked back to the waiting room of the long-distance bus station.
Wang Ke looks very funny now. Let’s look at the backpack first. The quilt and mattress were beaten into a tofu block, with two pairs of shoes pinned to it and a washbasin fastened to the outside. A piece of wool felt is rolled up on the top of the backpack, and a teapot and towel are tied to the side.
Before putting it on the upper body, there is also a shoulder bag and water bottle. Both hands were not idle, one hand was carrying the shell box and the other was carrying the snakeskin bag.
Standing in front of the waiting room, Wang Ke was stunned when someone tapped him on the shoulder.
Looking back, he immediately shouted: "Song Ruimin!"
Not only Song Ruimin, but also Gu Maolin and Digua Liang Xiaolong.
